THEY ARE NOT CONSIDERED A HEALTH HAZARD. A PAINFUL PUNCH AT THE PUMP RIGHT NOW. LOOK AT THE AVERAGE FOR THE MILWAUKEE WAUKESHA AREA -- 3.94. TRIPLE-A SAYS THE STATE AVERAGE IS 3.85. BUT THE PRICE WE'RE SEEING IS STILL MORE THAN 30 CENTS HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. NEW AT SIX: WISN 12 NEWS' MARIANNE LYLES ASKED A NATIONAL EXPERT ABOUT WHY YOU'RE PAYING SO MUCH AND FOR HOW LONG. THESE DAYS TIM GOULET IS NOT A FAN OF HIS SUV. TIM GOULET: I'M PUTTING IN 50 RIGHT NOW, BUT IT TAKES ME LIKE 160 BUCKS TO FILL IT UP. IN MILWAUKEE, HE SAYS HE'S PAYING 20 DOLLARS MORE TO FILL UP COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. GOULET: I LOOKED AND I'M LIKE 'OH MAN' BECAUSE YOU NEVER REALLY PAY ATTENTION. MARIANNE LYLES: FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS, GAS PRICES HAVE HOVERED JUST BELOW THE FOUR DOLLAR MARK. PEOPLE HERE ARE PAYING 3.95 A GALLON, BUT WE'RE NOW LOOKING AHEAD TO THE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN MANY OF YOU WILL BE HITTING THE ROADS FOR VACATIONS. I SAT DOWN WITH JOHN FELMY, THE CHIEF ECONOMIST FOR THE AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE. JOHN FELMY: THE KEY IS GOING TO BE WHAT HAPPENS WITH CRUDE OIL PRICES. FORTUNATELY CRUDE OIL PRICES HAVE DECLINED A LITTLE THE PAST FEW DAYS. HOWEVER TRIPLE-A STILL SHOWS PRICES HAVE CONTINUED TO CLIMB FOR MILWAUKEE- WAUKESHA AREA DRIVERS. FELMY: THE KEY WHY YOU PAY MORE HERE IS BECAUSE YOU'RE USING A MORE EXPENSIVE GAS CALLED REFORMULATED GASOLINE AS TO REGULAR GAS THAT YOU WOULD USE IN WESTERN WISCONSIN. YOU ALSO HAVE HIGHER TAXES HERE TOO. JEFFERSON BARNES REFUSES TO SEE WHAT A FULL TANK COSTS. BARNES: WHEN IT'S DOWN KIND OF LOW I PUT IT BACK UP, BUT THEN IT'S JUST HALF TANK HALF TANK HALF TANK HALF TANK HALF TANK. JOE EVANS IS LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES. JOE EVANS: GET A BIKE. YEAH, I'M GOING TO GET A BIKE. CREATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR A SUMMER WHERE GAS PRICES COULD RISE EVEN MORE IN MILWAUKEE, MARIANNE LYLES WISN 12 NEWS. THE MORE EXPENSIVE SUMMER BLEND OF GAS ARRIVED AT STATIONS ON MAY FIRST.